This school was originally designed by Bowman & Cullerne as a two-storey, four-room school building in 1923, with a two-room addition completed in 1926 and another in 1927. Originally designed in the Arts and Crafts style, it has been altered, with the addition of stucco over the original siding and replacement windows, but has retained its original form and massing, as well as its roof-top ventilator and front gabled entrance with grouped columns. Bowman & Cullerne specialized in school design. After Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm’s other school designs included Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Nelson Avenue School (1927).

Photograph of the Grade 1 class at Capitol Hill School. Identified are: (back row, 3rd from left) Winnifred Eshelby and beside her, is teacher, Miss Nellie Pearse. Miss Pearse was an English exchange teacher from Bristol who later kept in touch with her Capitol Hill pupils.

Photograph of the Grade 1 class at Capitol Hill School. Identified are: (back row, 3rd from left) Winnifred Eshelby and beside her, is teacher, Miss Nellie Pearse. Miss Pearse was an English exchange teacher from Bristol who later kept in touch with her Capitol Hill pupils.

Photograph of the Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.

Photograph of the Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.

Hastings Street. I went up to CapitolHillSchool for kindergarten.
From 1940 - 1952 we lived at 3976
McGill Street (house still there).
Marisco’s and Lynches were our
immediate neighbours. Friends,
Barsby’s (Barsby Lumber) and
MacDonalds lived across the street.
Our homes were of wood construction

﻿Our school was CapitolHillSchool
which was only 1 building. It is still
there but of course has been added on
to over these many years.
Our house was tom down this year
and a big monster house is now on the
property surrounded by many monster
houses and the lifestyle we had in the
early

the days when letter
postage was 3 cents (King George V),
hot dogs were 5 cents, hamburgers 10
cents and street car tickets were 6 for
25 cents.
Before CapitolHillSchool was built,
my brother and sister went to Howard
Avenue School (just below Hastings)
and the teacher was Mrs. Streeter. I